diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d38d23809..a5f45e57d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 language: __sardonyx__
+
 dist: xenial
-group: edge
+
 services:
 - postgresql
+
 filter_secrets: false
+
 cache:
   bundler: true
   directories:
   - ${HOME}/bin
+
 env:
   matrix:
   - TRAVIS_JOB_BOARD_REGISTER_YML="${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/.example-job-board-register-sardonyx.yml"
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ env:
   - SPEC_RUNNER='bash -lc'
   - SPEC_SUITES='travis_packer_templates'
   - SYSTEM_INFO_JSON="${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/.example_system_info.json"
+
 install:
 - if [[ -f .test-branch ]]; then
     export TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_TEST_BRANCH="$(cat .test-branch 2>/dev/null)";
@@ -37,7 +42,6 @@ install:
 script:
 - make
 - bundle exec make test
-- make update-gce-images
 - git diff --exit-code
 - git diff --cached --exit-code
 - sudo lsof | grep dpkg || true
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ script:
     echo "checking $f";
     jq . < $f &>/dev/null;
   done
+
 after_success:
 - if [[ $TRAVIS_JOB_BOARD_REGISTER_YML =~ sardonyx ]]; then
     git fetch --unshallow;
@@ -53,5 +58,6 @@ after_success:
   else
     echo 'no packer-build-trigger for you';
   fi
+
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/bin/gce-image-update b/bin/gce-image-update
deleted file mode 100755
index a672005e5..000000000
--- a/bin/gce-image-update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -o errexit
-
-main() {
-  if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
-    echo 'Missing editable files' >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  for rel in 1204 1404 1604; do
-    local curimg
-    curimg="$(__fetch_curimg "${rel}")"
-    local newimg
-    newimg="$(__fetch_newimg "${rel}")"
-    if [[ "${curimg}" && "${newimg}" ]]; then
-      __sed "s,${curimg},${newimg},g" "$@"
-    fi
-  done
-}
-
-__fetch_curimg() {
-  local rel="${1}"
-  local f
-  f="$(git grep -lE "image: ubuntu-${rel}-.*" | head -1)"
-  if [[ ! "${f}" || ! -f "${f}" ]]; then
-    return
-  fi
-
-  jq -r '.builders | .[] | .source_image' < <(bin/yml2json <"${f}") | head -1
-}
-
-__fetch_newimg() {
-  local rel="${1}"
-
-  gcloud compute images list --format=json --filter="name~ubuntu-${rel}-.*" |
-    jq -r '.[] | .name' | head -1
-}
-
-__sed() {
-  local pattern="${1}"
-  local sed=sed
-  shift
-
-  if command -v gsed &>/dev/null; then
-    sed=gsed
-  fi
-
-  cmd=("${sed}" -i "${pattern}" "$@")
-  echo "---> ${cmd[*]}"
-  "${cmd[@]}"
-}
-
-__authenticate() {
-  [[ -z "$CI" ]] && return
-  local jsonfile
-  jsonfile="$(mktemp)"
-  echo "$GCE_ACCOUNT_FILE_B64_BZ2" | base64 --decode | bunzip2 >"$jsonfile"
-  gcloud auth activate-service-account "$GCE_ACCOUNT_FILE_ID" --key-file "$jsonfile"
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/ci-opal.yml b/ci-opal.yml
index af85480aa..eeb0883dd 100644
--- a/ci-opal.yml
+++ b/ci-opal.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ builders:
   image_description: Travis CI opal
   account_file: "{{ user `gce_account_file` }}"
   project_id: "{{ user `gce_project_id` }}"
-  source_image: ubuntu-1604-xenial-v20181023
+  source_image_family: ubuntu-1604-lts
   zone: us-central1-a
   image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
   machine_type: n1-standard-4
diff --git a/ci-sardonyx.yml b/ci-sardonyx.yml
index dbb5ca014..9d35b39b2 100644
--- a/ci-sardonyx.yml
+++ b/ci-sardonyx.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ builders:
   image_description: Travis CI sardonyx
   account_file: "{{ user `gce_account_file` }}"
   project_id: "{{ user `gce_project_id` }}"
-  source_image: ubuntu-1604-xenial-v20181023
+  source_image_family: ubuntu-1604-lts
   zone: us-central1-a
   image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
   machine_type: n1-standard-4
diff --git a/ci-stevonnie.yml b/ci-stevonnie.yml
index 766033a85..e4b796b73 100644
--- a/ci-stevonnie.yml
+++ b/ci-stevonnie.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ builders:
   image_description: Travis CI stevonnie
   account_file: "{{ user `gce_account_file` }}"
   project_id: "{{ user `gce_project_id` }}"
-  source_image: ubuntu-1604-xenial-v20181023
+  source_image_family: ubuntu-1604-lts
   zone: us-central1-a
   image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
   machine_type: n1-standard-4
diff --git a/ci-ubuntu-1404.yml b/ci-ubuntu-1404.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..369f98e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-ubuntu-1404.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+---
+description: Travis CI Ubuntu 14.04 build environment template
+variables:
+  docker_repository: travisci/ci-ubuntu-1404
+  docker_tag: packer-{{ timestamp }}-<%= git_desc %>
+  gce_account_file: "{{ env `GCE_ACCOUNT_FILE` }}"
+  gce_project_id: "{{ env `GCE_PROJECT_ID` }}"
+  image_name: travis-ci-ubuntu-1404-{{ timestamp }}-<%= git_desc %>
+  image_family: travis-ci-ubuntu-1404-edge
+  openstack_source_image_name: "{{ env `OS_SOURCE_IMAGE_XENIAL` }}"
+  travis_cookbooks_branch: trusty-stable
+  travis_cookbooks_edge_branch: master
+  travis_cookbooks_sha: "{{ env `TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_SHA` }}"
+  travis_uid: "{{ env `TRAVIS_UID` }}"
+  github_token: "{{ env `GITHUB_NOSCOPE_TOKEN` }}"
+  openstack_zone: "{{ env `OS_ZONE` }}"
+  openstack_key_path: "{{ env `OS_SSH_KEY_PATH`}}"
+  openstack_key_name: "{{ env `OS_SSH_KEY` }}"
+builders:
+- type: googlecompute
+  name: googlecompute
+  communicator: ssh
+  ssh_timeout: 10m
+  ssh_port: 22
+  ssh_username: packer
+  image_description: Travis CI Ubuntu 14.04
+  account_file: "{{ user `gce_account_file` }}"
+  project_id: "{{ user `gce_project_id` }}"
+  source_image_family: ubuntu-1404-lts
+  image_licenses: ["projects/vm-options/global/licenses/enable-vmx"]
+  zone: us-central1-a
+  image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
+  image_family: "{{ user `image_family` }}"
+  machine_type: n1-standard-4
+  disk_size: 20
+  tags:
+  - ci
+  - ubuntu-1404
+  - travis-ci-packer-templates
+- type: docker
+  name: docker
+  ssh_pty: true
+  <% if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /powerpc64/ %>
+  image: "travisci/gce-parity:14.04-ppc64le"
+  <% else %>
+  image: "travisci/gce-parity:14.04"
+  <% end %>
+  run_command:
+  - -d
+  - -v
+  - <%= Dir.pwd %>/tmp/packer-builder-tmp:/tmp
+  - --privileged=true
+  - --storage-opt=size=15G
+  - "{{ .Image }}"
+  - /sbin/init
+  commit: true
+# Openstack builds disabled for failing with an error that's not possible to debug
+# until a fix for the Packer error reporting is released:
+# https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/555
+- type: openstack
+  name: openstack
+  flavor: m1.large
+  insecure: true
+  image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
+  ssh_username: ubuntu
+  networks:
+  <% ENV['OS_NETWORKS'].to_s.split(',').map(&:strip).each do |network| %>
+  - <%= network %>
+  <% end %>
+  source_image_name: "{{ user `openstack_source_image_name` }}"
+  availability_zone: "{{ user `openstack_zone` }}"
+  ssh_keypair_name:  "{{ user `openstack_key_name` }}"
+  ssh_private_key_file: "{{ user `openstack_key_path`  }}"
+provisioners:
+- type: shell
+  inline: sleep 10
+  only:
+  - googlecompute
+- type: shell
+  inline: apt-get update -yqq && apt-get install sudo -yqq
+  # Delay script execution until after /sbin/init has cleared out /tmp,
+  # otherwise the uploaded script gets deleted before it can be run.
+  # TODO: Decide if the container startup command should be /bin/bash and the
+  # /sbin/init call made the first provision step instead of this workaround:
+  # https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/544#issuecomment-344971947
+  pause_before: 5s
+  only:
+  - docker
+- type: file
+  source: tmp/git-meta
+  destination: /var/tmp/git-meta
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1404-normal-purge.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/purge.txt
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1404-ci-packages.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/packages.txt
+  only:
+  - googlecompute
+  - openstack
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-xenial-ci-sardonyx-docker-packages.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/packages.txt
+  only:
+  - docker
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/packer-env-dump
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/remove-default-users
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+  only:
+  - docker
+  - googlecompute
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/pre-chef-bootstrap
+  - packer-scripts/clone-travis-cookbooks
+  environment_vars:
+  - SKIP_APT_UPGRADE=1
+  - TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_BRANCH={{ user `travis_cookbooks_branch` }}
+  - TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_SHA={{ user `travis_cookbooks_sha` }}
+  - TRAVIS_UID={{ user `travis_uid` }}
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1404-system-info-commands.yml
+  destination: /var/tmp/ubuntu-1404-system-info-commands.yml
+- type: shell
+  inline: chmod 0644 /var/tmp/ubuntu-1404-system-info-commands.yml
+- type: chef-solo
+  version: 13.8.5
+  config_template: chef-solo.rb.tmpl
+  <% if ENV['CHEF_PROFILING'] %>
+  execute_command: "{{if .Sudo}}sudo {{end}}CI=yes chef-solo -F doc --no-color -c {{.ConfigPath}} -j {{.JsonPath}}"
+  <% end %>
+  cookbook_paths:
+  - cookbooks
+  <% if ENV['COOKBOOKS_LOCAL'] && ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>
+  - <%= ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>/cookbooks
+  - <%= ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>/community-cookbooks
+  <% else %>
+  remote_cookbook_paths:
+  - /tmp/chef-stuff/travis-cookbooks/cookbooks
+  - /tmp/chef-stuff/travis-cookbooks/community-cookbooks
+  <% end %>
+  json:
+    travis_packer_build:
+      github_token: "{{ user `github_token` }}"
+  run_list:
+  - recipe[travis_ci_ubuntu_1404]
+  <% if ENV['CHEF_PROFILING'] %>
+  - recipe[poise-profiler]
+  <% end %>
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/ensure-travis-user
+  - packer-scripts/purge
+  - packer-scripts/disable-apparmor
+  - packer-scripts/run-serverspecs
+  - packer-scripts/test-system-info-output
+  - packer-scripts/dump-dpkg-manifest
+  - packer-scripts/create-bin-lib-checksums
+  - packer-scripts/cleanup
+  # - packer-scripts/minimize
+  environment_vars:
+  - DISPLAY=:99.0
+  - SPEC_SUITES=travis_packer_templates
+  - TRAVIS_OBFUSCATE_PASSWORD=1
+  - TRAVIS_UID={{ user `travis_uid` }}
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/create-image-metadata-tarball
+  environment_vars:
+  - IMAGE_METADATA_TARBALL=/var/tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: file
+  source: /var/tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  destination: tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  direction: download
+post-processors:
+-
+  - type: docker-tag
+    repository: "{{ user `docker_repository` }}"
+    tag: "{{ user `docker_tag` }}"
+    only:
+    - docker
+  - type: shell-local
+    scripts: bin/docker-push
+    environment_vars:
+    - DOCKER_DEST={{ user `docker_repository` }}:{{ user `docker_tag` }}
+    only:
+    - docker
+-
+  - type: shell-local
+    script: bin/job-board-register
+    environment_vars:
+    - IMAGE_NAME={{ user `docker_repository` }}:{{ user `docker_tag` }}
+    only:
+    - docker
+-
+  - type: shell-local
+    script: bin/write-latest-image-name
diff --git a/ci-ubuntu-1604.yml b/ci-ubuntu-1604.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df0067f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-ubuntu-1604.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+---
+description: Travis CI Ubuntu 16.04 build environment template
+variables:
+  docker_repository: travisci/ci-ubuntu-1604
+  docker_tag: packer-{{ timestamp }}-<%= git_desc %>
+  gce_account_file: "{{ env `GCE_ACCOUNT_FILE` }}"
+  gce_project_id: "{{ env `GCE_PROJECT_ID` }}"
+  image_name: travis-ci-ubuntu-1604-{{ timestamp }}-<%= git_desc %>
+  image_family: travis-ci-ubuntu-1604-edge
+  openstack_source_image_name: "{{ env `OS_SOURCE_IMAGE_XENIAL` }}"
+  travis_cookbooks_branch: "{{ env `TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_BRANCH` }}"
+  travis_cookbooks_edge_branch: master
+  travis_cookbooks_sha: "{{ env `TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_SHA` }}"
+  travis_uid: "{{ env `TRAVIS_UID` }}"
+  github_token: "{{ env `GITHUB_NOSCOPE_TOKEN` }}"
+  openstack_zone: "{{ env `OS_ZONE` }}"
+  openstack_key_path: "{{ env `OS_SSH_KEY_PATH`}}"
+  openstack_key_name: "{{ env `OS_SSH_KEY` }}"
+builders:
+- type: googlecompute
+  name: googlecompute
+  communicator: ssh
+  ssh_timeout: 10m
+  ssh_port: 22
+  ssh_username: packer
+  image_description: Travis CI Ubuntu 16.04
+  account_file: "{{ user `gce_account_file` }}"
+  project_id: "{{ user `gce_project_id` }}"
+  source_image_family: ubuntu-1604-lts
+  image_licenses: ["projects/vm-options/global/licenses/enable-vmx"]
+  zone: us-central1-a
+  image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
+  image_family: "{{ user `image_family` }}"
+  machine_type: n1-standard-4
+  disk_size: 20
+  tags:
+  - ci
+  - ubuntu-1604
+  - travis-ci-packer-templates
+- type: docker
+  name: docker
+  ssh_pty: true
+  <% if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /powerpc64/ %>
+  image: "travisci/gce-parity:16.04-ppc64le"
+  <% else %>
+  image: "travisci/gce-parity:16.04"
+  <% end %>
+  run_command:
+  - -d
+  - -v
+  - <%= Dir.pwd %>/tmp/packer-builder-tmp:/tmp
+  - --privileged=true
+  - --storage-opt=size=15G
+  - "{{ .Image }}"
+  - /sbin/init
+  commit: true
+# Openstack builds disabled for failing with an error that's not possible to debug
+# until a fix for the Packer error reporting is released:
+# https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/555
+- type: openstack
+  name: openstack
+  flavor: m1.large
+  insecure: true
+  image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
+  ssh_username: ubuntu
+  networks:
+  <% ENV['OS_NETWORKS'].to_s.split(',').map(&:strip).each do |network| %>
+  - <%= network %>
+  <% end %>
+  source_image_name: "{{ user `openstack_source_image_name` }}"
+  availability_zone: "{{ user `openstack_zone` }}"
+  ssh_keypair_name:  "{{ user `openstack_key_name` }}"
+  ssh_private_key_file: "{{ user `openstack_key_path`  }}"
+provisioners:
+- type: shell
+  inline: sleep 10
+  only:
+  - googlecompute
+- type: shell
+  inline: apt-get update -yqq && apt-get install sudo -yqq
+  # Delay script execution until after /sbin/init has cleared out /tmp,
+  # otherwise the uploaded script gets deleted before it can be run.
+  # TODO: Decide if the container startup command should be /bin/bash and the
+  # /sbin/init call made the first provision step instead of this workaround:
+  # https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/544#issuecomment-344971947
+  pause_before: 5s
+  only:
+  - docker
+- type: file
+  source: tmp/git-meta
+  destination: /var/tmp/git-meta
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-normal-purge.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/purge.txt
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-ci-packages.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/packages.txt
+  only:
+  - googlecompute
+  - openstack
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-xenial-ci-sardonyx-docker-packages.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/packages.txt
+  only:
+  - docker
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/packer-env-dump
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/remove-default-users
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+  only:
+  - docker
+  - googlecompute
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/pre-chef-bootstrap
+  - packer-scripts/clone-travis-cookbooks
+  environment_vars:
+  - SKIP_APT_UPGRADE=1
+  - TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_BRANCH={{ user `travis_cookbooks_branch` }}
+  - TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_SHA={{ user `travis_cookbooks_sha` }}
+  - TRAVIS_UID={{ user `travis_uid` }}
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-system-info-commands.yml
+  destination: /var/tmp/ubuntu-1604-system-info-commands.yml
+- type: shell
+  inline: chmod 0644 /var/tmp/ubuntu-1604-system-info-commands.yml
+- type: chef-solo
+  version: 13.8.5
+  config_template: chef-solo.rb.tmpl
+  <% if ENV['CHEF_PROFILING'] %>
+  execute_command: "{{if .Sudo}}sudo {{end}}CI=yes chef-solo -F doc --no-color -c {{.ConfigPath}} -j {{.JsonPath}}"
+  <% end %>
+  cookbook_paths:
+  - cookbooks
+  <% if ENV['COOKBOOKS_LOCAL'] && ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>
+  - <%= ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>/cookbooks
+  - <%= ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>/community-cookbooks
+  <% else %>
+  remote_cookbook_paths:
+  - /tmp/chef-stuff/travis-cookbooks/cookbooks
+  - /tmp/chef-stuff/travis-cookbooks/community-cookbooks
+  <% end %>
+  json:
+    travis_packer_build:
+      github_token: "{{ user `github_token` }}"
+  run_list:
+  - recipe[travis_ci_ubuntu_1604]
+  <% if ENV['CHEF_PROFILING'] %>
+  - recipe[poise-profiler]
+  <% end %>
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/ensure-travis-user
+  - packer-scripts/purge
+  - packer-scripts/disable-apparmor
+  - packer-scripts/run-serverspecs
+  - packer-scripts/test-system-info-output
+  - packer-scripts/dump-dpkg-manifest
+  - packer-scripts/create-bin-lib-checksums
+  - packer-scripts/cleanup
+  # - packer-scripts/minimize
+  environment_vars:
+  - DISPLAY=:99.0
+  - SPEC_SUITES=travis_packer_templates
+  - TRAVIS_OBFUSCATE_PASSWORD=1
+  - TRAVIS_UID={{ user `travis_uid` }}
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/create-image-metadata-tarball
+  environment_vars:
+  - IMAGE_METADATA_TARBALL=/var/tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: file
+  source: /var/tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  destination: tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  direction: download
+post-processors:
+-
+  - type: docker-tag
+    repository: "{{ user `docker_repository` }}"
+    tag: "{{ user `docker_tag` }}"
+    only:
+    - docker
+  - type: shell-local
+    scripts: bin/docker-push
+    environment_vars:
+    - DOCKER_DEST={{ user `docker_repository` }}:{{ user `docker_tag` }}
+    only:
+    - docker
+-
+  - type: shell-local
+    script: bin/job-board-register
+    environment_vars:
+    - IMAGE_NAME={{ user `docker_repository` }}:{{ user `docker_tag` }}
+    only:
+    - docker
+-
+  - type: shell-local
+    script: bin/write-latest-image-name
diff --git a/ci-ubuntu-1804.yml b/ci-ubuntu-1804.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6170bc9b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-ubuntu-1804.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+---
+description: Travis CI Ubuntu 18.04 build environment template
+variables:
+  docker_repository: travisci/ci-ubuntu-1804
+  docker_tag: packer-{{ timestamp }}-<%= git_desc %>
+  gce_account_file: "{{ env `GCE_ACCOUNT_FILE` }}"
+  gce_project_id: "{{ env `GCE_PROJECT_ID` }}"
+  image_name: travis-ci-ubuntu-1804-{{ timestamp }}-<%= git_desc %>
+  image_family: travis-ci-ubuntu-1804-edge
+  openstack_source_image_name: "{{ env `OS_SOURCE_IMAGE_XENIAL` }}"
+  travis_cookbooks_branch: "{{ env `TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_BRANCH` }}"
+  travis_cookbooks_edge_branch: master
+  travis_cookbooks_sha: "{{ env `TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_SHA` }}"
+  travis_uid: "{{ env `TRAVIS_UID` }}"
+  github_token: "{{ env `GITHUB_NOSCOPE_TOKEN` }}"
+  openstack_zone: "{{ env `OS_ZONE` }}"
+  openstack_key_path: "{{ env `OS_SSH_KEY_PATH`}}"
+  openstack_key_name: "{{ env `OS_SSH_KEY` }}"
+builders:
+- type: googlecompute
+  name: googlecompute
+  communicator: ssh
+  ssh_timeout: 10m
+  ssh_port: 22
+  ssh_username: packer
+  image_description: Travis CI Ubuntu 18.04
+  account_file: "{{ user `gce_account_file` }}"
+  project_id: "{{ user `gce_project_id` }}"
+  source_image_family: ubuntu-1804-lts
+  image_licenses: ["projects/vm-options/global/licenses/enable-vmx"]
+  zone: us-central1-a
+  image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
+  image_family: "{{ user `image_family` }}"
+  machine_type: n1-standard-4
+  disk_size: 20
+  tags:
+  - ci
+  - ubuntu-1804
+  - travis-ci-packer-templates
+- type: docker
+  name: docker
+  ssh_pty: true
+  <% if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /powerpc64/ %>
+  image: "travisci/gce-parity:18.04-ppc64le"
+  <% else %>
+  image: "travisci/gce-parity:18.04"
+  <% end %>
+  run_command:
+  - -d
+  - -v
+  - <%= Dir.pwd %>/tmp/packer-builder-tmp:/tmp
+  - --privileged=true
+  - --storage-opt=size=15G
+  - "{{ .Image }}"
+  - /sbin/init
+  commit: true
+# Openstack builds disabled for failing with an error that's not possible to debug
+# until a fix for the Packer error reporting is released:
+# https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/555
+- type: openstack
+  name: openstack
+  flavor: m1.large
+  insecure: true
+  image_name: "{{ user `image_name` }}"
+  ssh_username: ubuntu
+  networks:
+  <% ENV['OS_NETWORKS'].to_s.split(',').map(&:strip).each do |network| %>
+  - <%= network %>
+  <% end %>
+  source_image_name: "{{ user `openstack_source_image_name` }}"
+  availability_zone: "{{ user `openstack_zone` }}"
+  ssh_keypair_name:  "{{ user `openstack_key_name` }}"
+  ssh_private_key_file: "{{ user `openstack_key_path`  }}"
+provisioners:
+- type: shell
+  inline: sleep 10
+  only:
+  - googlecompute
+- type: shell
+  inline: apt-get update -yqq && apt-get install sudo -yqq
+  # Delay script execution until after /sbin/init has cleared out /tmp,
+  # otherwise the uploaded script gets deleted before it can be run.
+  # TODO: Decide if the container startup command should be /bin/bash and the
+  # /sbin/init call made the first provision step instead of this workaround:
+  # https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/544#issuecomment-344971947
+  pause_before: 5s
+  only:
+  - docker
+- type: file
+  source: tmp/git-meta
+  destination: /var/tmp/git-meta
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-normal-purge.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/purge.txt
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-ci-packages.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/packages.txt
+  only:
+  - googlecompute
+  - openstack
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-xenial-ci-sardonyx-docker-packages.txt
+  destination: /var/tmp/packages.txt
+  only:
+  - docker
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/packer-env-dump
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/remove-default-users
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+  only:
+  - docker
+  - googlecompute
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/pre-chef-bootstrap
+  - packer-scripts/clone-travis-cookbooks
+  environment_vars:
+  - SKIP_APT_UPGRADE=1
+  - TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_BRANCH={{ user `travis_cookbooks_branch` }}
+  - TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_SHA={{ user `travis_cookbooks_sha` }}
+  - TRAVIS_UID={{ user `travis_uid` }}
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: file
+  source: packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-system-info-commands.yml
+  destination: /var/tmp/ubuntu-1804-system-info-commands.yml
+- type: shell
+  inline: chmod 0644 /var/tmp/ubuntu-1804-system-info-commands.yml
+- type: chef-solo
+  version: 13.8.5
+  config_template: chef-solo.rb.tmpl
+  <% if ENV['CHEF_PROFILING'] %>
+  execute_command: "{{if .Sudo}}sudo {{end}}CI=yes chef-solo -F doc --no-color -c {{.ConfigPath}} -j {{.JsonPath}}"
+  <% end %>
+  cookbook_paths:
+  - cookbooks
+  <% if ENV['COOKBOOKS_LOCAL'] && ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>
+  - <%= ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>/cookbooks
+  - <%= ENV['TRAVIS_COOKBOOKS_DIR'] %>/community-cookbooks
+  <% else %>
+  remote_cookbook_paths:
+  - /tmp/chef-stuff/travis-cookbooks/cookbooks
+  - /tmp/chef-stuff/travis-cookbooks/community-cookbooks
+  <% end %>
+  json:
+    travis_packer_build:
+      github_token: "{{ user `github_token` }}"
+  run_list:
+  - recipe[travis_ci_ubuntu_1804]
+  <% if ENV['CHEF_PROFILING'] %>
+  - recipe[poise-profiler]
+  <% end %>
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/ensure-travis-user
+  - packer-scripts/purge
+  - packer-scripts/disable-apparmor
+  - packer-scripts/run-serverspecs
+  - packer-scripts/test-system-info-output
+  - packer-scripts/dump-dpkg-manifest
+  - packer-scripts/create-bin-lib-checksums
+  - packer-scripts/cleanup
+  # - packer-scripts/minimize
+  environment_vars:
+  - DISPLAY=:99.0
+  - SPEC_SUITES=travis_packer_templates
+  - TRAVIS_OBFUSCATE_PASSWORD=1
+  - TRAVIS_UID={{ user `travis_uid` }}
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: shell
+  scripts:
+  - packer-scripts/create-image-metadata-tarball
+  environment_vars:
+  - IMAGE_METADATA_TARBALL=/var/tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  execute_command: "{{ .Vars }} exec sudo -E -S bash '{{ .Path }}'"
+- type: file
+  source: /var/tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  destination: tmp/image-metadata-{{ user `image_name` }}.tar.bz2
+  direction: download
+post-processors:
+-
+  - type: docker-tag
+    repository: "{{ user `docker_repository` }}"
+    tag: "{{ user `docker_tag` }}"
+    only:
+    - docker
+  - type: shell-local
+    scripts: bin/docker-push
+    environment_vars:
+    - DOCKER_DEST={{ user `docker_repository` }}:{{ user `docker_tag` }}
+    only:
+    - docker
+-
+  - type: shell-local
+    script: bin/job-board-register
+    environment_vars:
+    - IMAGE_NAME={{ user `docker_repository` }}:{{ user `docker_tag` }}
+    only:
+    - docker
+-
+  - type: shell-local
+    script: bin/write-latest-image-name
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/.rspec b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8e1838e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--color
+--format documentation
+--require support
+--order rand
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/README.md b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32a2151b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+travis_ci_ubuntu_1404 Cookbook
+=========================
+
+A wrapper cookbook for the "ubuntu_1404" CI image.
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/attributes/default.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/attributes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d083202c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/attributes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+override['maven']['install_java'] = false
+
+default['travis_ci_ubuntu_1404']['prerequisite_packages'] = %w[
+  cron
+  curl
+  git
+  sudo
+  wget
+]
+
+override['travis_system_info']['commands_file'] = \
+  '/var/tmp/ubuntu-1404-system-info-commands.yml'
+
+php_aliases = {
+  '5.6' => '5.6.40',
+  '7.1' => '7.1.27',
+  '7.2' => '7.2.15'
+}
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_versions'] = php_aliases.values
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_default_version'] = php_aliases['7.2']
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_aliases'] = php_aliases
+
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_versions'] = []
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_default_version'] = []
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_aliases'] = {}
+
+  # TODO: remove if/when an HHVM version is available on ppc64
+  override['travis_build_environment']['hhvm_enabled'] = false
+end
+
+override['travis_perlbrew']['perls'] = [
+  { name: '5.26', version: 'perl-5.26.2' },
+  { name: '5.26-extras', version: 'perl-5.26.2',
+    arguments: '-Duseshrplib -Duseithreads', alias: '5.26-shrplib' },
+  { name: '5.24', version: 'perl-5.24.0' },
+  { name: '5.24-extras', version: 'perl-5.24.0',
+    arguments: '-Duseshrplib -Duseithreads', alias: '5.24-shrplib' }
+]
+override['travis_perlbrew']['modules'] = %w[
+  Dist::Zilla
+  Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Bootstrap::lib
+  ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+  LWP
+  Module::Install
+  Moose
+  Test::Exception
+  Test::Most
+  Test::Pod
+  Test::Pod::Coverage
+]
+override['travis_perlbrew']['prerequisite_packages'] = []
+
+gimme_versions = %w[
+  1.11.1
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['gimme']['versions'] = gimme_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['gimme']['default_version'] = gimme_versions.max
+
+ghc_versions = %w[
+  7.10.3
+  8.0.2
+]
+cabal_versions = %w[
+  1.22
+  1.24
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_ghc_versions'] = ghc_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_cabal_versions'] = cabal_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_default_ghc'] = ghc_versions.max
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_default_cabal'] = cabal_versions.max
+
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  override['travis_java']['default_version'] = 'openjdk8'
+  override['travis_java']['alternate_versions'] = %w[openjdk7]
+else
+  override['travis_jdk']['versions'] = %w[
+    openjdk10
+    openjdk11
+  ]
+  override['travis_jdk']['default'] = 'openjdk11'
+end
+
+override['leiningen']['home'] = '/home/travis'
+override['leiningen']['user'] = 'travis'
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['nodejs_versions'] = %w[
+  11.0.0
+  8.12.0
+]
+override['travis_build_environment']['nodejs_default'] = '8.12.0'
+
+pythons = %w[
+  2.7.15
+  3.6.7
+]
+
+# Reorder pythons so that default python2 and python3 come first
+# as this affects the ordering in $PATH.
+%w[3 2].each do |pyver|
+  pythons.select { |p| p =~ /^#{pyver}/ }.max.tap do |py|
+    pythons.unshift(pythons.delete(py))
+  end
+end
+
+def python_aliases(full_name)
+  nodash = full_name.split('-').first
+  return [nodash] unless nodash.include?('.')
+
+  [nodash[0, 3]]
+end
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['pythons'] = pythons
+pythons.each do |full_name|
+  override['travis_build_environment']['python_aliases'][full_name] = \
+    python_aliases(full_name)
+end
+
+rubies = %w[
+  2.3.8
+  2.4.5
+  2.5.3
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['default_ruby'] = rubies.reject { |n| n =~ /jruby/ }.max
+override['travis_build_environment']['rubies'] = rubies
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['otp_releases'] = ['21.3']
+override['travis_build_environment']['elixir_versions'] = ['1.8.1']
+override['travis_build_environment']['default_elixir_version'] = '1.8.1'
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['update_hostname'] = false
+override['travis_build_environment']['update_hostname'] = true if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+override['travis_build_environment']['use_tmpfs_for_builds'] = false
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['mercurial_install_type'] = 'pip'
+override['travis_build_environment']['mercurial_version'] = '4.8'
+
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['stack'] = 'ubuntu-1604'
+
+override['travis_postgresql']['default_version'] = '9.6'
+override['travis_postgresql']['alternate_versions'] = %w[9.4 9.5 10]
+override['travis_postgresql']['enabled'] = false # is default instance started on machine boot?
+
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['features'] = %w[
+  basic
+  couchdb
+  disabled-ipv6
+  docker
+  docker-compose
+  elasticsearch
+  firefox
+  go-toolchain
+  google-chrome
+  jdk
+  memcached
+  mongodb
+  mysql
+  nodejs_interpreter
+  perl_interpreter
+  perlbrew
+  phantomjs
+  postgresql
+  python_interpreter
+  redis
+  ruby_interpreter
+  sqlite
+  xserver
+]
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['languages'] = %w[
+  __sardonyx__
+  c
+  c++
+  clojure
+  cplusplus
+  cpp
+  crystal
+  csharp
+  d
+  dart
+  default
+  elixir
+  erlang
+  generic
+  go
+  groovy
+  haskell
+  haxe
+  java
+  julia
+  node_js
+  perl
+  perl6
+  php
+  pure_java
+  python
+  r
+  ruby
+  rust
+  scala
+]
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/metadata.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/metadata.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12f951a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/metadata.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+name 'travis_ci_ubuntu_1404'
+maintainer 'Travis CI GmbH'
+maintainer_email 'contact+packer-templates@travis-ci.com'
+license 'MIT'
+description 'Installs/Configures travis_ci_ubuntu_1404'
+long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
+version '0.1.0'
+source_url 'https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates'
+issues_url 'https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues'
+
+depends 'memcached'
+depends 'openssl'
+depends 'travis_build_environment'
+depends 'travis_docker'
+depends 'travis_java'
+depends 'travis_jdk'
+depends 'travis_packer_templates'
+depends 'travis_perlbrew'
+depends 'travis_phantomjs'
+depends 'travis_postgresql'
+depends 'travis_sbt_extras'
+depends 'travis_system_info'
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/recipes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..287427946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1404/recipes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Cookbook Name:: travis_ci_ubuntu_1404
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2017, Travis CI GmbH
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::apt'
+include_recipe 'travis_packer_templates'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::haskell' if node['kernel']['machine'] != 'ppc64le'
+
+if node['travis_packer_templates']['env']['PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE'] == 'docker'
+  if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+    include_recipe 'travis_docker::package'
+  else
+    include_recipe 'travis_docker::binary'
+  end
+else
+  include_recipe 'travis_docker'
+  include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::ramfs'
+end
+include_recipe 'travis_docker::compose'
+include_recipe 'openssl'
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  include_recipe 'travis_java'
+else
+  include_recipe 'travis_jdk'
+end
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::maven'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::lein'
+include_recipe 'travis_sbt_extras'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::gradle'
+include_recipe 'travis_postgresql'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::mysql'
+include_recipe 'travis_perlbrew::multi'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::redis'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::mongodb'
+include_recipe 'memcached'
+# TODO: Uncomment when cassandra works on Java 8 again
+# https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/589
+# include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::cassandra'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::couchdb'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::elasticsearch'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::xserver'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::google_chrome'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::firefox'
+include_recipe 'travis_phantomjs::2'
+
+# HACK: sardonyx-specific shims!
+execute 'ln -svf /usr/bin/hashdeep /usr/bin/md5deep'
+
+log 'trigger writing node attributes' do
+  notifies :run, 'ruby_block[write node attributes]'
+end
+
+log 'trigger job-board registration' do
+  notifies :run, 'ruby_block[write job-board registration bits]'
+end
+
+include_recipe 'travis_system_info'
+
+# HACK: force removal of ~/.pearrc until a decision is reached on if they are
+# good or bad
+execute 'rm -f /home/travis/.pearrc'
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/.rspec b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8e1838e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--color
+--format documentation
+--require support
+--order rand
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/README.md b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a775298d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+travis_ci_ubuntu_1604 Cookbook
+=========================
+
+A wrapper cookbook for the "ubuntu_1604" CI image.
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/attributes/default.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/attributes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16016e26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/attributes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+override['maven']['install_java'] = false
+
+default['travis_ci_ubuntu_1604']['prerequisite_packages'] = %w[
+  cron
+  curl
+  git
+  sudo
+  wget
+]
+
+override['travis_system_info']['commands_file'] = \
+  '/var/tmp/ubuntu-1604-system-info-commands.yml'
+
+php_aliases = {
+  '5.6' => '5.6.40',
+  '7.1' => '7.1.27',
+  '7.2' => '7.2.15'
+}
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_versions'] = php_aliases.values
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_default_version'] = php_aliases['7.2']
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_aliases'] = php_aliases
+
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_versions'] = []
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_default_version'] = []
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_aliases'] = {}
+
+  # TODO: remove if/when an HHVM version is available on ppc64
+  override['travis_build_environment']['hhvm_enabled'] = false
+end
+
+override['travis_perlbrew']['perls'] = [
+  { name: '5.26', version: 'perl-5.26.2' },
+  { name: '5.26-extras', version: 'perl-5.26.2',
+    arguments: '-Duseshrplib -Duseithreads', alias: '5.26-shrplib' },
+  { name: '5.24', version: 'perl-5.24.0' },
+  { name: '5.24-extras', version: 'perl-5.24.0',
+    arguments: '-Duseshrplib -Duseithreads', alias: '5.24-shrplib' }
+]
+override['travis_perlbrew']['modules'] = %w[
+  Dist::Zilla
+  Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Bootstrap::lib
+  ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+  LWP
+  Module::Install
+  Moose
+  Test::Exception
+  Test::Most
+  Test::Pod
+  Test::Pod::Coverage
+]
+override['travis_perlbrew']['prerequisite_packages'] = []
+
+gimme_versions = %w[
+  1.11.1
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['gimme']['versions'] = gimme_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['gimme']['default_version'] = gimme_versions.max
+
+ghc_versions = %w[
+  7.10.3
+  8.0.2
+]
+cabal_versions = %w[
+  1.22
+  1.24
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_ghc_versions'] = ghc_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_cabal_versions'] = cabal_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_default_ghc'] = ghc_versions.max
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_default_cabal'] = cabal_versions.max
+
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  override['travis_java']['default_version'] = 'openjdk8'
+  override['travis_java']['alternate_versions'] = %w[openjdk7]
+else
+  override['travis_jdk']['versions'] = %w[
+    openjdk10
+    openjdk11
+  ]
+  override['travis_jdk']['default'] = 'openjdk11'
+end
+
+override['leiningen']['home'] = '/home/travis'
+override['leiningen']['user'] = 'travis'
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['nodejs_versions'] = %w[
+  11.0.0
+  8.12.0
+]
+override['travis_build_environment']['nodejs_default'] = '8.12.0'
+
+pythons = %w[
+  2.7.15
+  3.6.7
+  3.7.1
+]
+
+# Reorder pythons so that default python2 and python3 come first
+# as this affects the ordering in $PATH.
+%w[3 2].each do |pyver|
+  pythons.select { |p| p =~ /^#{pyver}/ }.max.tap do |py|
+    pythons.unshift(pythons.delete(py))
+  end
+end
+
+def python_aliases(full_name)
+  nodash = full_name.split('-').first
+  return [nodash] unless nodash.include?('.')
+
+  [nodash[0, 3]]
+end
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['pythons'] = pythons
+pythons.each do |full_name|
+  override['travis_build_environment']['python_aliases'][full_name] = \
+    python_aliases(full_name)
+end
+
+rubies = %w[
+  2.3.8
+  2.4.5
+  2.5.3
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['default_ruby'] = rubies.reject { |n| n =~ /jruby/ }.max
+override['travis_build_environment']['rubies'] = rubies
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['otp_releases'] = ['21.3']
+override['travis_build_environment']['elixir_versions'] = ['1.8.1']
+override['travis_build_environment']['default_elixir_version'] = '1.8.1'
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['update_hostname'] = false
+override['travis_build_environment']['update_hostname'] = true if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+override['travis_build_environment']['use_tmpfs_for_builds'] = false
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['mercurial_install_type'] = 'pip'
+override['travis_build_environment']['mercurial_version'] = '4.8'
+
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['stack'] = 'ubuntu-1604'
+
+override['travis_postgresql']['default_version'] = '9.6'
+override['travis_postgresql']['alternate_versions'] = %w[9.4 9.5 10]
+override['travis_postgresql']['enabled'] = false # is default instance started on machine boot?
+
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['features'] = %w[
+  basic
+  couchdb
+  disabled-ipv6
+  docker
+  docker-compose
+  elasticsearch
+  firefox
+  go-toolchain
+  google-chrome
+  jdk
+  memcached
+  mongodb
+  mysql
+  nodejs_interpreter
+  perl_interpreter
+  perlbrew
+  phantomjs
+  postgresql
+  python_interpreter
+  redis
+  ruby_interpreter
+  sqlite
+  xserver
+]
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['languages'] = %w[
+  __sardonyx__
+  c
+  c++
+  clojure
+  cplusplus
+  cpp
+  crystal
+  csharp
+  d
+  dart
+  default
+  elixir
+  erlang
+  generic
+  go
+  groovy
+  haskell
+  haxe
+  java
+  julia
+  node_js
+  perl
+  perl6
+  php
+  pure_java
+  python
+  r
+  ruby
+  rust
+  scala
+]
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/metadata.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/metadata.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5842dc866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/metadata.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+name 'travis_ci_ubuntu_1604'
+maintainer 'Travis CI GmbH'
+maintainer_email 'contact+packer-templates@travis-ci.com'
+license 'MIT'
+description 'Installs/Configures travis_ci_ubuntu_1604'
+long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
+version '0.1.0'
+source_url 'https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates'
+issues_url 'https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues'
+
+depends 'memcached'
+depends 'openssl'
+depends 'travis_build_environment'
+depends 'travis_docker'
+depends 'travis_java'
+depends 'travis_jdk'
+depends 'travis_packer_templates'
+depends 'travis_perlbrew'
+depends 'travis_phantomjs'
+depends 'travis_postgresql'
+depends 'travis_sbt_extras'
+depends 'travis_system_info'
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/recipes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2333222f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1604/recipes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Cookbook Name:: travis_ci_ubuntu_1604
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2017, Travis CI GmbH
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::apt'
+include_recipe 'travis_packer_templates'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::haskell' if node['kernel']['machine'] != 'ppc64le'
+
+if node['travis_packer_templates']['env']['PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE'] == 'docker'
+  if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+    include_recipe 'travis_docker::package'
+  else
+    include_recipe 'travis_docker::binary'
+  end
+else
+  include_recipe 'travis_docker'
+  include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::ramfs'
+end
+include_recipe 'travis_docker::compose'
+include_recipe 'openssl'
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  include_recipe 'travis_java'
+else
+  include_recipe 'travis_jdk'
+end
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::maven'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::lein'
+include_recipe 'travis_sbt_extras'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::gradle'
+include_recipe 'travis_postgresql'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::mysql'
+include_recipe 'travis_perlbrew::multi'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::redis'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::mongodb'
+include_recipe 'memcached'
+# TODO: Uncomment when cassandra works on Java 8 again
+# https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/589
+# include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::cassandra'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::couchdb'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::elasticsearch'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::xserver'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::google_chrome'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::firefox'
+include_recipe 'travis_phantomjs::2'
+
+# HACK: sardonyx-specific shims!
+execute 'ln -svf /usr/bin/hashdeep /usr/bin/md5deep'
+
+log 'trigger writing node attributes' do
+  notifies :run, 'ruby_block[write node attributes]'
+end
+
+log 'trigger job-board registration' do
+  notifies :run, 'ruby_block[write job-board registration bits]'
+end
+
+include_recipe 'travis_system_info'
+
+# HACK: force removal of ~/.pearrc until a decision is reached on if they are
+# good or bad
+execute 'rm -f /home/travis/.pearrc'
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/.rspec b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8e1838e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--color
+--format documentation
+--require support
+--order rand
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/README.md b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3c4bd93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+travis_ci_ubuntu_1804 Cookbook
+=========================
+
+A wrapper cookbook for the "ubuntu_1804" CI image.
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/attributes/default.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/attributes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0b86eefe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/attributes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+override['maven']['install_java'] = false
+
+default['travis_ci_ubuntu_1604']['prerequisite_packages'] = %w[
+  cron
+  curl
+  git
+  sudo
+  wget
+]
+
+override['travis_system_info']['commands_file'] = \
+  '/var/tmp/ubuntu-1804-system-info-commands.yml'
+
+php_aliases = {
+  '5.6' => '5.6.40',
+  '7.1' => '7.1.27',
+  '7.2' => '7.2.15'
+}
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_versions'] = php_aliases.values
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_default_version'] = php_aliases['7.2']
+override['travis_build_environment']['php_aliases'] = php_aliases
+
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_versions'] = []
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_default_version'] = []
+  override['travis_build_environment']['php_aliases'] = {}
+
+  # TODO: remove if/when an HHVM version is available on ppc64
+  override['travis_build_environment']['hhvm_enabled'] = false
+end
+
+override['travis_perlbrew']['perls'] = [
+  { name: '5.26', version: 'perl-5.26.2' },
+  { name: '5.26-extras', version: 'perl-5.26.2',
+    arguments: '-Duseshrplib -Duseithreads', alias: '5.26-shrplib' },
+  { name: '5.24', version: 'perl-5.24.0' },
+  { name: '5.24-extras', version: 'perl-5.24.0',
+    arguments: '-Duseshrplib -Duseithreads', alias: '5.24-shrplib' }
+]
+override['travis_perlbrew']['modules'] = %w[
+  Dist::Zilla
+  Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Bootstrap::lib
+  ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+  LWP
+  Module::Install
+  Moose
+  Test::Exception
+  Test::Most
+  Test::Pod
+  Test::Pod::Coverage
+]
+override['travis_perlbrew']['prerequisite_packages'] = []
+
+gimme_versions = %w[
+  1.11.1
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['gimme']['versions'] = gimme_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['gimme']['default_version'] = gimme_versions.max
+
+ghc_versions = %w[
+  7.10.3
+  8.0.2
+]
+cabal_versions = %w[
+  1.22
+  1.24
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_ghc_versions'] = ghc_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_cabal_versions'] = cabal_versions
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_default_ghc'] = ghc_versions.max
+override['travis_build_environment']['haskell_default_cabal'] = cabal_versions.max
+
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  override['travis_java']['default_version'] = 'openjdk8'
+  override['travis_java']['alternate_versions'] = %w[openjdk7]
+else
+  override['travis_jdk']['versions'] = %w[
+    openjdk10
+    openjdk11
+  ]
+  override['travis_jdk']['default'] = 'openjdk11'
+end
+
+override['leiningen']['home'] = '/home/travis'
+override['leiningen']['user'] = 'travis'
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['nodejs_versions'] = %w[
+  11.0.0
+  8.12.0
+]
+override['travis_build_environment']['nodejs_default'] = '8.12.0'
+
+pythons = %w[
+  2.7.15
+  3.6.7
+  3.7.1
+]
+
+# Reorder pythons so that default python2 and python3 come first
+# as this affects the ordering in $PATH.
+%w[3 2].each do |pyver|
+  pythons.select { |p| p =~ /^#{pyver}/ }.max.tap do |py|
+    pythons.unshift(pythons.delete(py))
+  end
+end
+
+def python_aliases(full_name)
+  nodash = full_name.split('-').first
+  return [nodash] unless nodash.include?('.')
+
+  [nodash[0, 3]]
+end
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['pythons'] = pythons
+pythons.each do |full_name|
+  override['travis_build_environment']['python_aliases'][full_name] = \
+    python_aliases(full_name)
+end
+
+rubies = %w[
+  2.3.8
+  2.4.5
+  2.5.3
+]
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['default_ruby'] = rubies.reject { |n| n =~ /jruby/ }.max
+override['travis_build_environment']['rubies'] = rubies
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['otp_releases'] = ['21.3']
+override['travis_build_environment']['elixir_versions'] = ['1.8.1']
+override['travis_build_environment']['default_elixir_version'] = '1.8.1'
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['update_hostname'] = false
+override['travis_build_environment']['update_hostname'] = true if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+override['travis_build_environment']['use_tmpfs_for_builds'] = false
+
+override['travis_build_environment']['mercurial_install_type'] = 'pip'
+override['travis_build_environment']['mercurial_version'] = '4.8'
+
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['stack'] = 'ubuntu-1604'
+
+override['travis_postgresql']['default_version'] = '9.6'
+override['travis_postgresql']['alternate_versions'] = %w[9.4 9.5 10]
+override['travis_postgresql']['enabled'] = false # is default instance started on machine boot?
+
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['features'] = %w[
+  basic
+  couchdb
+  disabled-ipv6
+  docker
+  docker-compose
+  elasticsearch
+  firefox
+  go-toolchain
+  google-chrome
+  jdk
+  memcached
+  mongodb
+  mysql
+  nodejs_interpreter
+  perl_interpreter
+  perlbrew
+  phantomjs
+  postgresql
+  python_interpreter
+  redis
+  ruby_interpreter
+  sqlite
+  xserver
+]
+override['travis_packer_templates']['job_board']['languages'] = %w[
+  __sardonyx__
+  c
+  c++
+  clojure
+  cplusplus
+  cpp
+  crystal
+  csharp
+  d
+  dart
+  default
+  elixir
+  erlang
+  generic
+  go
+  groovy
+  haskell
+  haxe
+  java
+  julia
+  node_js
+  perl
+  perl6
+  php
+  pure_java
+  python
+  r
+  ruby
+  rust
+  scala
+]
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/metadata.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/metadata.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7f776e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/metadata.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+name 'travis_ci_ubuntu_1804'
+maintainer 'Travis CI GmbH'
+maintainer_email 'contact+packer-templates@travis-ci.com'
+license 'MIT'
+description 'Installs/Configures travis_ci_ubuntu_1804'
+long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
+version '0.1.0'
+source_url 'https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates'
+issues_url 'https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues'
+
+depends 'memcached'
+depends 'openssl'
+depends 'travis_build_environment'
+depends 'travis_docker'
+depends 'travis_java'
+depends 'travis_jdk'
+depends 'travis_packer_templates'
+depends 'travis_perlbrew'
+depends 'travis_phantomjs'
+depends 'travis_postgresql'
+depends 'travis_sbt_extras'
+depends 'travis_system_info'
diff --git a/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/recipes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2282691ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/travis_ci_ubuntu_1804/recipes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Cookbook Name:: travis_ci_ubuntu_1804
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2017, Travis CI GmbH
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::apt'
+include_recipe 'travis_packer_templates'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::haskell' if node['kernel']['machine'] != 'ppc64le'
+
+if node['travis_packer_templates']['env']['PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE'] == 'docker'
+  if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+    include_recipe 'travis_docker::package'
+  else
+    include_recipe 'travis_docker::binary'
+  end
+else
+  include_recipe 'travis_docker'
+  include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::ramfs'
+end
+include_recipe 'travis_docker::compose'
+include_recipe 'openssl'
+if node['kernel']['machine'] == 'ppc64le'
+  include_recipe 'travis_java'
+else
+  include_recipe 'travis_jdk'
+end
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::maven'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::lein'
+include_recipe 'travis_sbt_extras'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::gradle'
+include_recipe 'travis_postgresql'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::mysql'
+include_recipe 'travis_perlbrew::multi'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::redis'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::mongodb'
+include_recipe 'memcached'
+# TODO: Uncomment when cassandra works on Java 8 again
+# https://github.com/travis-ci/packer-templates/issues/589
+# include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::cassandra'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::couchdb'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::elasticsearch'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::xserver'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::google_chrome'
+include_recipe 'travis_build_environment::firefox'
+include_recipe 'travis_phantomjs::2'
+
+# HACK: sardonyx-specific shims!
+execute 'ln -svf /usr/bin/hashdeep /usr/bin/md5deep'
+
+log 'trigger writing node attributes' do
+  notifies :run, 'ruby_block[write node attributes]'
+end
+
+log 'trigger job-board registration' do
+  notifies :run, 'ruby_block[write job-board registration bits]'
+end
+
+include_recipe 'travis_system_info'
+
+# HACK: force removal of ~/.pearrc until a decision is reached on if they are
+# good or bad
+execute 'rm -f /home/travis/.pearrc'
diff --git a/packer-assets/ubuntu-1404-ci-packages.txt b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1404-ci-packages.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52c4c02a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1404-ci-packages.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,507 @@
+acpid
+adduser
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+  - command: iptables --version
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+    name: curl version
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+    name: perlbrew version
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+  - name: ElasticSearch version
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+  - command: ls -d /usr/local/firefox-*
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+  - command: mongod --version
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+  - command: "/usr/local/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs --version"
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+    name: Pre-installed PostgreSQL versions
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+    name: Pre-installed Node.js versions
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+  - command: phpenv versions
+  - command: composer --version
+  - command: rvm list
+    name: Pre-installed Ruby versions
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diff --git a/packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-normal-purge.txt b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-normal-purge.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..533dce031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-normal-purge.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
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diff --git a/packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-system-info-commands.yml b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-system-info-commands.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fba6f5280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1604-system-info-commands.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+---
+NOTE: this is a generated file
+stack: ubuntu-1604
+commands:
+  linux:
+  - command: date -u
+    name: Build image provisioning date and time
+  - command: lsb_release -a
+    name: Operating System Details
+  - command: systemctl --version
+    name: Systemd Version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  osx:
+  - command: date
+    name: Build image provisioning date and time
+  - command: sw_vers
+    name: Operating System Details
+  common:
+  - command: git --version
+    name: git version
+  - command: bash --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: bash version
+  - command: gcc --version
+    name: gcc version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: docker version
+    name: docker version
+  - command: clang --version
+    name: clang version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: jq --version
+    name: jq version
+  - command: bats --version
+    name: bats version
+  - command: shellcheck --version
+    name: shellcheck version
+    pipe: awk '/^version:/ { print $2 }'
+  - command: shfmt -version
+    name: shfmt version
+  - command: ccache -V
+    name: ccache version
+    pipe: awk '/^ccache version/{print $NF; exit}'
+  - command: cmake --version
+    name: cmake version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: heroku version
+    name: heroku version
+  - command: convert --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: imagemagick version
+  - command: md5deep -v
+    name: md5deep version
+  - command: hg version
+    name: mercurial version
+    pipe: awk -F'[)(]' '$2~/version/{print $2; exit}'
+  - command: mysql --version
+    name: mysql version
+  - command: openssl version
+    name: openssl version
+  - command: packer --version
+    name: packer version
+  - command: psql --version
+    name: postgresql client version
+  - command: ragel -v
+    name: ragel version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: ssh -V
+    name: ssh client version
+  - command: svn --version
+    name: subversion version
+    pipe: awk '/^svn, version/{print $0, exit}'
+  - command: sudo -V
+    name: sudo version
+    pipe: awk '/^Sudo version/{print $NF; exit}'
+  - command: gzip --version
+    name: gzip version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: bzip2 --version
+    name: bzip2 version
+  - command: zip --version
+    name: zip version
+    pipe: awk '/^This is Zip/{print $3, $4; exit}'
+  - command: unzip --version
+    name: unzip version
+  - command: vim --version
+    name: vim version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: lsof -v
+    name: lsof version
+    pipe: awk '/^ +revision:/ { print $2 }'
+  - command: iptables --version
+    name: iptables version
+  - command: curl --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: curl version
+  - command: wget --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: wget version
+  - command: rsync --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: rsync version
+  - command: gimme --version
+    name: gimme version
+  - command: nvm --version
+    name: nvm version
+  - command: perlbrew --version
+    name: perlbrew version
+  - command: phpenv --version
+    name: phpenv version
+  - command: rvm --version
+    name: rvm version
+  - command: ruby --version
+    name: default ruby version
+  - command: python --version
+    name: default python version
+  - command: couchdb -V
+    name: CouchDB version
+    pipe: perl -n -e '/CouchDB ([\d\.]+)/ && {print "couchdb $1\n"}'
+  - name: ElasticSearch version
+    port: 9200
+    command: curl localhost:9200
+    pipe: awk -F\" '/number/ { print $4 }'
+  - command: ls -d /usr/local/firefox-*
+    name: Installed Firefox version
+    pipe: awk -F- '{print "firefox", $2}'
+  - command: mongod --version
+    name: MongoDB version
+    pipe: perl -n -e '/version v(.*)$/ && { print "MongoDB $1\n" }'
+  - command: "/usr/local/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs --version"
+    name: PhantomJS version
+  - command: dpkg -l
+    name: Pre-installed PostgreSQL versions
+    pipe: awk '$2 ~ /^postgresql-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/ {print $3}' | grep -E --only '^[^-]+'
+  - command: redis-server --version
+    name: Redis version
+    pipe: perl -n -e '/v=([\d\.]+)/ && {print "redis-server $1\n"}'
+  - command: gimme -l
+    name: Pre-installed Go versions
+  - command: ant -version
+    name: ant version
+  - command: mvn -version
+    name: mvn version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: gradle -version
+    name: gradle version
+    pipe: awk '/Welcome to/{print $3, $4}'
+  - command: lein1 version
+  - command: lein2 version
+  - command: lein version
+  - command: nvm list
+    name: Pre-installed Node.js versions
+    pipe: env GREP_COLORS='mt=01;32' egrep -o '(iojs-)?v[0-9\.]+' | sort | uniq
+  - command: phpenv versions
+  - command: composer --version
+  - command: rvm list
+    name: Pre-installed Ruby versions
+    pipe: env GREP_COLORS='mt=01;32' egrep -o '(j?ruby|rbx|ree)-[^ ]+' | sort | uniq
diff --git a/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-ci-packages.txt b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-ci-packages.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5923b5055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-ci-packages.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,490 @@
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diff --git a/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-normal-purge.txt b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-normal-purge.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..533dce031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-normal-purge.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
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+pppoeconf
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diff --git a/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-system-info-commands.yml b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-system-info-commands.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84ab36972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer-assets/ubuntu-1804-system-info-commands.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+---
+NOTE: this is a generated file
+stack: ubuntu-1804
+commands:
+  linux:
+  - command: date -u
+    name: Build image provisioning date and time
+  - command: lsb_release -a
+    name: Operating System Details
+  - command: systemctl --version
+    name: Systemd Version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  osx:
+  - command: date
+    name: Build image provisioning date and time
+  - command: sw_vers
+    name: Operating System Details
+  common:
+  - command: git --version
+    name: git version
+  - command: bash --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: bash version
+  - command: gcc --version
+    name: gcc version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: docker version
+    name: docker version
+  - command: clang --version
+    name: clang version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: jq --version
+    name: jq version
+  - command: bats --version
+    name: bats version
+  - command: shellcheck --version
+    name: shellcheck version
+    pipe: awk '/^version:/ { print $2 }'
+  - command: shfmt -version
+    name: shfmt version
+  - command: ccache -V
+    name: ccache version
+    pipe: awk '/^ccache version/{print $NF; exit}'
+  - command: cmake --version
+    name: cmake version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: heroku version
+    name: heroku version
+  - command: convert --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: imagemagick version
+  - command: md5deep -v
+    name: md5deep version
+  - command: hg version
+    name: mercurial version
+    pipe: awk -F'[)(]' '$2~/version/{print $2; exit}'
+  - command: mysql --version
+    name: mysql version
+  - command: openssl version
+    name: openssl version
+  - command: packer --version
+    name: packer version
+  - command: psql --version
+    name: postgresql client version
+  - command: ragel -v
+    name: ragel version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: ssh -V
+    name: ssh client version
+  - command: svn --version
+    name: subversion version
+    pipe: awk '/^svn, version/{print $0, exit}'
+  - command: sudo -V
+    name: sudo version
+    pipe: awk '/^Sudo version/{print $NF; exit}'
+  - command: gzip --version
+    name: gzip version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: bzip2 --version
+    name: bzip2 version
+  - command: zip --version
+    name: zip version
+    pipe: awk '/^This is Zip/{print $3, $4; exit}'
+  - command: unzip --version
+    name: unzip version
+  - command: vim --version
+    name: vim version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: lsof -v
+    name: lsof version
+    pipe: awk '/^ +revision:/ { print $2 }'
+  - command: iptables --version
+    name: iptables version
+  - command: curl --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: curl version
+  - command: wget --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: wget version
+  - command: rsync --version
+    pipe: head -1
+    name: rsync version
+  - command: gimme --version
+    name: gimme version
+  - command: nvm --version
+    name: nvm version
+  - command: perlbrew --version
+    name: perlbrew version
+  - command: phpenv --version
+    name: phpenv version
+  - command: rvm --version
+    name: rvm version
+  - command: ruby --version
+    name: default ruby version
+  - command: python --version
+    name: default python version
+  - command: couchdb -V
+    name: CouchDB version
+    pipe: perl -n -e '/CouchDB ([\d\.]+)/ && {print "couchdb $1\n"}'
+  - name: ElasticSearch version
+    port: 9200
+    command: curl localhost:9200
+    pipe: awk -F\" '/number/ { print $4 }'
+  - command: ls -d /usr/local/firefox-*
+    name: Installed Firefox version
+    pipe: awk -F- '{print "firefox", $2}'
+  - command: mongod --version
+    name: MongoDB version
+    pipe: perl -n -e '/version v(.*)$/ && { print "MongoDB $1\n" }'
+  - command: "/usr/local/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs --version"
+    name: PhantomJS version
+  - command: dpkg -l
+    name: Pre-installed PostgreSQL versions
+    pipe: awk '$2 ~ /^postgresql-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/ {print $3}' | grep -E --only '^[^-]+'
+  - command: redis-server --version
+    name: Redis version
+    pipe: perl -n -e '/v=([\d\.]+)/ && {print "redis-server $1\n"}'
+  - command: gimme -l
+    name: Pre-installed Go versions
+  - command: ant -version
+    name: ant version
+  - command: mvn -version
+    name: mvn version
+    pipe: head -n 1
+  - command: gradle -version
+    name: gradle version
+    pipe: awk '/Welcome to/{print $3, $4}'
+  - command: lein1 version
+  - command: lein2 version
+  - command: lein version
+  - command: nvm list
+    name: Pre-installed Node.js versions
+    pipe: env GREP_COLORS='mt=01;32' egrep -o '(iojs-)?v[0-9\.]+' | sort | uniq
+  - command: phpenv versions
+  - command: composer --version
+  - command: rvm list
+    name: Pre-installed Ruby versions
+    pipe: env GREP_COLORS='mt=01;32' egrep -o '(j?ruby|rbx|ree)-[^ ]+' | sort | uniq